Fabbaloo Visits London

It's time for a road trip! As luck would have it, Fabbaloo will be visiting London this coming week. We'll be hanging around the city looking for 3D printing-related stuff. 

 

If you have something you'd like us to see on either Tuesday May 15th or Wednesday May 16th, please give us a shout right here!

Industrial Revolution 2.0 Held Over

What? You weren't able to attend the London Design Festival this year and missed out seeing Murray Moss's "Industrial Revolution 2.0" display? Well, now you can, because this exhibition has been held over at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Instead of ending now, it's been extended until early November. 

 

Evidently the exhibition was extremely popular, so much so that the Victoria and Albert Museum requested an extension - and it was granted. 

 

Via Materialise (Hat tip to Vanessa)

Industrial Revolution 2.0

Industrial Revolution 2.0 is the name of a special event taking place at this year's London Design Festival. This event is located at the Victoria and Albert Museum, as are some of the other events. It turns out that most of the items on display at Industrial Revolution 2.0 are 3D printed by 3D print service Materialise. According to the Festival: 

 

Renowned New York-based design gallerist and curator Murray Moss will collaborate with industry leader Materialise, Belgium to create this special exhibition which pushes the parameters of 21st century 3D 'printing'. A series of unique 'printed' works, using cutting edge laser and digital technologies to build three-dimensional objects, are placed throughout the Museum's most important galleries, wittily referencing eight of the Museum's key pieces and spaces.

 

Expect to see 3D printed tables and other very cool items during the Festival's nine days between September 17 to 25th. 

 

Via London Design Festival and The Independent

The V&A Goes 3D

If you're visiting London soon, we'd recommend you spend some time at the Victoria and Albert Museum, home of incredible deisgns of all kinds. Typically the works are historical, but at times contemporary works are displayed. That's what's happening now in a new exhibition called "The Power of Making" taking place at the V&A from 6 September to 2 January 2012. The exhibition includes over 100 "exquisitely crafted objects". According to their website: 

 

The exhibition showcases works made using a diverse range of skills and explores how materials can be used in imaginative and spectacular ways, whether for medical innovation, entertainment, social networking or artistic endeavour.

 

We're specifically interested in the 3D printed shoes crafted by Marloes ten Bhömer, which we wrote about in January. This is an opportunity for the public to check out these amazing shoes in person. 

 

The shoes were produced with Objet 3D printing technology, which has the unique feature of being able to mix multiple materials together during a single print operation. This means a print, such as the V&A shoes, can include both rigid and soft portions. Very important in a shoe, comfy counts. 

 

The shoe's design is quite interesting: it is made of component parts that offer the ability to reconfigure the shoe, yet it is printed in a single operation and emerges already assembled. The design to wearable process apparently was only hours, truly demonstrating the Power of Making.

  

Via Victoria and Albert Museum & Objet (Hat tip to Clare)

3D Printing Event Coming Soon!

We've learned of an important 3D printing event taking place in Eindhoven, the Netherlands this October 25th. The event is named, not surprisingly, the "3D Printing Event". If you attend you'll be able to listen to talks by notable 3D printing personalities and also walk through an exhibition of 3D printing vendors. We're not sure who's exhibiting, but the list of talks looks very interesting and ranges from the practical "3D Spare Parts Printed at Home" to the philosophical "The Socio-Economical Implications of Post-Industrial Industrialization", with many more in-between. 

 

Unfortunately we're not able to attend - but you can if you happen to be in Eindhoven on 25 October. The event takes place at  Seats2Meet, Torenallee 24. The entry fee is € 95 (plus 19% VAT), but is only € 25 (plus 19% VAT) if you can prove you're a student. If you'd like to keep up to date on this event, you might want to follow their Twitter feed. 

 

Looks like a great event!

 

Via 3D Printing Event

The Mercury Centre At Sheffield U

Thanks to a huge GBP 5M grant from the European Regional Development Fund, Sheffield University's Mercury Centre is set to expand by adding five new 3D printing machines and paying for operating costs until 2013. 

 

The Mercury Centre is already deep into 3D printing, as it produces medical prints and even small parts for Formula One racing cars using a 3D printer capable of metal printing. However, their existing build envelope is only 20x20x35cm. The new equipment will enable them to produce much larger parts and thus dramatically increase their scope of activities. 

 

We're very supportive of this venture, as it is a significant investment in highly capable hardware that will no doubt be put to good use by those in Yorkshire. 

 

Via Yorkshire Post

Rethinking Education Through Technology

If you happen to be in the top end of the Italian peninsula this weekend, you might consider attending a seminar put on by the lettera27 Foundation at Festivaletteratura in Mantova entitled, "The disenchanted teacher. Rethinking education through technology". The seminar: 

 

focuses on how context influences the expression of each person’s potential, and how technology can redefine this by challenging geographical limits, recognising the value of personal initiative and do-it-yourself skills, and distributing knowledge. Somajni will also address the issue of how technology allows creating a network of communication involving a large number of people, spreading and sharing information, and learning with others through action and practice. 

 

The seminar will be moderated by well-known Italian journalist Chiara Somajni, and includes: 

 

Roberto Casati (philosopher and researcher at CNRS and at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris), Massimo Banzi  (interaction design consultant and teacher, who created Arduino, a successful open source hardware project), and Mark Grimes (father of the online co-working space ned.com and NedSpace and among the creators of the Maker Faire Africa Fair).

 

Where and when can you attend? Saturday 11th September 2010 at 5.15 pm at the Seminario Vescovile in Mantova. 

 

(Hat tip to Claudia)

Ponoko Arriva in Italia

Distributed manufacturing hub Ponoko continues its invasion of Europe by opening an Italian front. They've partnered with a local fabrication shop, Vectorealism, to produce your items locally in Milan. 

 

The Italian operation joins the Ponoko club, which now boasts manufacturing hubs in San Francisco, London, Berlin and the 10,000 Garages of 100KGarages.com. 

  

Oh, and if you visit the link below, Ponoko will provide a 50% discount coupon for using Vectorealism up until 11 September. 

 

[UPDATE] We were contacted by Vectorealism's co-founder, Marco Bocola, who says: 

 

Just a clarification: discount code is available at our own website too (not just via Ponoko)! We have a brand new website, powered by Ponoko

 

You can check out their website directly here. 

 

Via Ponoko